The United Socialist States of Gazzug is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its suspicion of poets and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.375 billion Gazzugites are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Healthcare, and Education are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 44.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Gazzug economy, worth 190 trillion ARUS Schlattcoins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,509 ARUS Schlattcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, dictionary sales have hit an all-time high, and troop transports blacken the sky as the military commences Operation Desert Ocean. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gazzug's national animal is the starfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Gazzug is ranked 212,886^th in the world and 12^th in Auretania for Highest Food Quality, scoring 10.94 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.